Project Manager / Tooling Engineer

MAJORS PLASTICS INC; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Ownership Stock

401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

Health, Life, Vision, and Dental

Business Casual Dress

Paid Time Off

Health Savings

Job summary

Majors Plastics, Inc. in Omaha, NE is seeking an experienced Tooling Engineer to oversee the design, construction, and implementation of custom injection molds and secondary machinery for customer programs.

You will collaborate with design teams, coordinate toolmakers, prepare quotations, and document progress with weekly reports while ensuring quality specifications are met.

This role reports to Engineering and offers employee ownership benefits along with a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of plastic injection mold design and construction.
• Strong communication and graphical documentation skills.
• Experience with 3-D data transfers, reading and interpreting 3-D part files and blueprints.
• General knowledge of office equipment and Microsoft products.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with customer design groups in early development stages by providing technical direction of molding issues.
• Interact with outside tooling vendors to provide detailed quotation packages to customers.
• Coordinate the development of new production tooling with specifications to toolmakers.
• Document project progress with weekly reports to customers.
• Control data transfer of parts between customers and toolmakers.
• Coordinate mold tryouts and troubleshoot as needed.

Skills

Mold design knowledge

Technical documentation

Blueprint interpretation

3-D data handling

Education

Graduate Degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Details Level: Experienced Job Location: Building 3 - OMAHA, NE 68127 Position Type: Full Time Education Level: Graduate Degree Travel Percentage: Negligible Job Shift: Day Job Category: Engineering Majors Plastics, Inc. is a 100% Employee Owned Custom Injection Molding Company looking for a Tooling Engineer.

General Summary

Majors Plastics expects its Tooling Engineers to oversee the technical development, construction and implementation of custom injection molds and secondary machinery for new and existing customer product lines.

Essential Job Functions

1. Collaborate with customer design groups in early development stages by providing technical direction of molding issues.
2. Interact with outside tooling vendors to provide detailed quotation packages to customers.
3. Coordinate the development of new production tooling by providing technical requirements to the toolmaker, specific to each tool.
4. Document the process of each project by providing weekly progress reports to the customer.
5. Control the transfer of part data between the customer and the toolmaker.
6. Control the transfer of part inspection prints and Boms between the customer and Majors.
7. Interact with customers at a technical level, as required.
8. Coordinate initial mold tryouts and troubleshoot, as needed.
9. Coordinate preliminary test runs and collaborate with customer and toolmaker, for any pre-production changes needed.
10. Re-visit project, in full production, when changes are requested by the customer.
11. Maintain high scores on internal engineering surveys.
12. Evaluate 2-D part drawings for proposed quality specifications and requirements; work with Q.A. to resolve any potential issues.

Our Company offers the following benefits:

• Employee Ownership Stock
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• Health, Life, Vision, and Dental Insurance
• Business Casual Dress
• Paid Time Off
• Health Savings, and more!

QualificationsKnowledge / Skills / Abilities

1. Extensive knowledge of plastic injection mold design and construction.
2. Good communication and graphical documentation skills.
3. Experience with 3-D data transfers, reading and interpreting 3-D part files and blueprints.
4. General knowledge of office equipment such as copier, fax, and computer knowledge with experience in Microsoft products desired.